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Re: The real reason for requiring LaTeX submissions in academia?


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  • From: Amir Michail <address@hidden>
  • To: Ben shimol Yehuda <address@hidden>
  • Cc: texmacs-users <address@hidden>
  • Subject: Re: The real reason for requiring LaTeX submissions in academia?
  • Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 16:14:37 -0400


On May 8, 2021, at 2:36 PM, Ben shimol Yehuda <address@hidden> wrote:

Nowadays there are many conferences and journals accepting ms word documents so you guess is just a guess
On a more personal opinion I do not find real justification to relate latex to any other measure of research quality
Best 
Yehuda


Academics in theoretical computer science do use the TeX test to determine whether a paper is worth reading.

See this blog post and comments (search for TeX): https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=304

As for a solution, maybe create another test based on *content* that uses machine learning and performs at least as well as the TeX test to tell you whether a paper is worth reading?

Amir

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On 8 May 2021, at 13:14, Amir Michail <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello,

Maybe it is because LaTeX is used as a filter to discourage non-serious submissions to conferences and journals?

If this is the real reason, then the fact that TeXmacs is easier to learn and more pleasant to use is actually a problem.

Is this the real reason for not accepting TeXmacs submissions (i.e., without exporting to LaTeX)?

Amir



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